| Welcome Prospectors! |
 Due
to numerous requests (and because I am tired of posting these documents
on forums repeatedly), I am making this information availible to the
masses on the web. In the process, I hope to expose a lot of the crap
that passes for manufacturing secrets touted by various
outfits currently advertising in trade mags, papers and on the web.
Almost as onerous is the knee-jerk reaction of some otherwise intelligent
persons when words like mercury and cyanide
are mentioned in the context of mining (usually translated as the
raping of mother earth). With a little common sense and attention
to detail anyone can use chemicals to recover metals in complete safety.
It is the de-mystification of some basic chemistry to which this page
is dedicated. Hoo-Rah. |
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| Here is some info on The Basement aspects of Cyanide
Extraction |
| Cyanide
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| Ever have trouble using charged mercury? Hate paying
for it? This will solve both problems. |
| All
About Mercury |
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| Common sense information and precautions on the use
of acids and bases in mining. |
| Acids
and Bases |
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| About the Author |
| The
author grew up on the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp in South Georgia.
He attended the University of Georgia where he received a B.S., M.S.,
and Ph.D. degree in microbiology. He won a two year post-doctoral
fellowship to The Oak Ridge National Laboratories where he pursued
studies in molecular biology. These studies, primarily, involved research
on de novo synthesis of protein and genetic coding of DNA. |
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served as chief of the Aquatic Ecology Section of the Southeastern
Water Pollution Laboratory (now EPA). He also worked (regrettably)
at the Richard B, Russell Agricultural Research Laboratory. When the
crap got too deep he told them to shove it up their --- "trasero"
and quit. |
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last 16 years have been spent pursuing more mundane but more enjoyable
interests in Central America, namely, gold mining, treasure hunting,
and whatever else turns him on at the moment. He has learned a great
deal of practical metallurgy of gold and other precious metals by
study and by operating a small assay laboratory.
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